Children's View of a Major Depression Affecting a Parent in the Family

Ahlström, Britt Hedman; Skärsäter, Ingela; Danielson, Ella

doi:10.3109/01612840.2011.579689

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“…Hedman et al. found that anxiety and concern for the depressed parent also affected children after they had moved out. In 2010, an amendment to the Norwegian Health Personnel Act stated that health personnel are obliged to establish whether the patient has children under the age of 18 and to further ensure that the child's need for information and follow‐up is safeguarded .…”

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Relatives of patients with depression: experiences of everyday life

Skundberg-Kletthagen

Wangensteen

Hall‐Lord

et al. 2013

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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The aim of this study was to describe experiences of everyday life as a relative of a person diagnosed with depression. A qualitative and descriptive design with a phenomenographic approach was chosen, and individual interviews with 24 relatives were carried out. Approval was given by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics, Norway (South East) ref 2010/126. The findings show the main category 'Living on the other person's terms', which may be expressed in terms of consideration for the next of kin, thus presenting a challenge and a need to be balanced against taking care of oneself. In addition, three descriptive categories emerged: 'Ambivalent relationship', 'Adjusting daily life' and 'Managing the situation'. In conclusion, the relatives of persons with depression may be in danger of developing their own health problems and in need for attention from health personnel.

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confidence: 99%

Relatives of patients with depression: experiences of everyday life

Skundberg-Kletthagen

Wangensteen

Hall‐Lord

et al. 2013

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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“…The children of parents with mental illness often take responsibility for the parenting role; they become caregivers for the parent and younger siblings, particulary during their parent's bad periods (54)(55)(56)(57)(58). The children care for their parents by being considerate (49), comforting them and avoiding doing things that cause upset (14,48,59). To reduce family stress, the children share humour, help around the house and by just 'being there' or being supportive in any way not being a burden (48,(59)(60)(61).…”

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Navigating in an unpredictable daily life: a metasynthesis on children's experiences living with a parent with severe mental illness

Dam

Hall

2016

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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A large group of individuals suffering from mental illness are parents living with their children. These children are invisible in the health care even though at risk for illhealth. The aim of this metasynthesis was to advance knowledge of how children of parents with mental illness experience their lives, thus contributing to the evidence of this phenomenon. The metasynthesis is following Sandelowski and Barroso's guidelines. Literature searches covering the years 2000 to 2013 resulted in 22 reports which were synthesised into the theme 'navigating in an unpredictable everyday life' and the metaphor compass. Children of parents with mental illness irrespective of age are responsible, loving and worrying children who want to do everything to help and support. Children feel shame when the parent behaves differently, and they conceal their family life being afraid of stigmatisation and bullying. When their parent becomes ill, they distance to protect themselves. The children cope through information, knowledge, frankness and trustful relationships. These children need support from healthcare services because they subjugate own needs in favour of the parental needs, they should be encouraged to talk about their family situation, and especially, young children should to be child-like, playing and seeing friends.

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“…Additionally, there were no significant differences in perceived family functioning between patients and their spouses for all dimensions of FAD, suggesting that patient perception was not significantly distorted by their depression, and that depressed patients and their spouses all perceived impaired family functioning when one family member suffered from a first episode of major depression. A previous study showed differences in perceived family functioning between adolescents with depression and their parents in a Western sample, with depressed adolescents perceiving poorer family functioning than their parents (Hedman Ahlström et al ., ). Another study found that depressed Japanese patients saw family functioning more positively than their family members did (Koyama et al ., ).…”

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confidence: 97%

Perceived family functioning in depressed Chinese couples: A cross‐sectional study

Wang

Zhao

2012

Nursing & Health Sciences

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This study investigated family functioning in Chinese couples with a first episode of major depression, and in normal controls, and examined the association between depression severity and family impairment. Seventyfour patients with a first episode of major depression and 73 normal controls, together with their respective spouses, were assessed using the Family Assessment Device and Beck Depression Inventory. Patients with a first episode of major depression reported significantly higher Family Assessment Device scores for all dimensions compared with normal controls. Beck Depression Inventory scores were positively associated with Family Assessment Device scores for patients with a first episode of major depression for five dimensions, but not for affective responsiveness and affective involvement. A first episode of major depression was thus associated with impaired family functioning in Chinese families, and depression severity was positively associated with family impairment for the depressed patients. These findings indicate the importance of including family interventions in the treatment of Chinese patients with a first episode of major depression.

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Children's View of a Major Depression Affecting a Parent in the Family

Cited by 13 publications

References 38 publications

Relatives of patients with depression: experiences of everyday life

Relatives of patients with depression: experiences of everyday life

Navigating in an unpredictable daily life: a metasynthesis on children's experiences living with a parent with severe mental illness

Perceived family functioning in depressed Chinese couples: A cross‐sectional study

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